Hermitage

Jeremy1012
Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
edited November 2008 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I heard you were wintering in Russia,
a month alone on the Neva.
I planned to join you once, if you remember,
(It was a pilgrimage of sorts,
you know how I loved those writers)
but no matter.
I think I'll trace your steps later,
when you are gone, maybe in the spring,
when the trees are colouring,
and the snow has thawed an inch or so.
The white is so damned vast,
it makes my head spin.
I'll go to the Winter Palace
and try to guess your route -
(Canova, Gauguin, Rodin?)
And I shall feel you with me,
that is better than nothing.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    Their Summer Palace in the Crimea was beautiful too. And warmer.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    This one?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livadia_Palace

    Looks wonderful.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    Yeah, that's the place. Nicholas and the kids used to swim in the ocean and go hiking there in the summer. Beautiful place, yes.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    How many summer palaces does on family need?! The Romanovs had three in St Petersburg too :p
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Bu2
    Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    Well, you know those royal families....they like to live it up royally.

    Ekaterinburg did them in, though. :(
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